Chapter 942 - 878: Darkest Hour

Han Yu only felt the world spinning, and then, upon opening his eyes the next moment, two strange faces were staring down at him condescendingly.

He recognized the people.

But...

The timing of the encounter was off.

Wujiu seemed to have a faint smile, with subtle signs of wanting to make a move.

Jiu You’s face turned slightly grim, although he hadn’t done anything yet, the aura emanating from him was already extremely fierce.

Hun Bugui and Shi Xiu were quietly hiding to the side; they were the ones who had carried him in and naturally remained in the Tao Palace.

When the atmosphere ahead grew increasingly eerie, Shi Xiu continued to whisper, "What’s going on, he was clearly completely dead a moment ago, and yet he’s alive now?"

It wasn’t surprising she was shocked; when she first found Han Yu face down, she and Hun Bugui immediately rushed over, and upon flipping him over, they found he was already cold and stiff.

Not long after, Wujiu and Jiu You rushed over together; these two had been in the Tao Palace for many days but had always refused to show up, except when Han Yu fell and stepped out of the Tao Palace.

Moreover, the two seemed to be unimpressed by Han Yu’s condition, and Hun Bugui immediately thought of the possibility of the First Hall’s connection with them.

Of course, this wasn’t Hun Bugui’s main concern; his biggest worry was that Han Yu had been thrown down by the First Hall.

What does that mean?

This damn it means this lunatic ran into Yama Hall’s lair.

Hun Bugui had just broken out in a cold sweat; Han Yu not only entered Yama Hall’s lair but also confronted the First Hall.

Who knows if this madman has sold himself out; if he has, then this time he’s really doomed.

Shi Xiu was slow to realize; it was when she moved Han Yu into the Tao Palace with him that she instantly remembered.

This fool in Hun Bugui’s eyes was now like a quail, cold sweat soaking his back, his heart chilling.

She knew very well that she was in the same boat with him, and if Hun Bugui had an accident, she definitely couldn’t escape.

Hun Bugui signaled with his eyes several times, afraid Shi Xiu’s too abnormal behavior would ruin him.

But Shi Xiu seemed lost in her world, anxious and uneasy, not noticing his gaze.

Fortunately, Wujiu and Jiu You continued to focus their attention on Han Yu, thus ignoring the two of them.

Otherwise, with Shi Xiu’s guilty look, she would have blown it already.

Hun Bugui was secretly gritting his teeth in anger, secretly cursing in his heart, how did he end up cooperating with an idiot.

And when Han Yu first saw people, he almost instinctively got up to fight.

If Jiu You hadn’t spoken slowly, they might have started fighting.

"Don’t forget you still have a deal with us."

Han Yu dazed for a moment, finally fully waking up and looking around, noticing it was a palace, then seeing two quails by the door... two people, finally understood.

The First Hall, this guy actually threw him into the Western Territory camp!

"The First Hall Master said you were playing dead, I didn’t believe it, who knew you could act so well."

Wujiu scoffed continuously by the side, indeed, he had thoroughly checked Han Yu from top to bottom, confirming he was dead beyond doubt; had it not been for the First Hall saying this guy was feigning death, the two would have thrown this "corpse" out to feed the dogs.

And Jiu You’s expression remained complex, constantly assessing Han Yu, finding it hard to believe the First Hall would cooperate with such a person.

Even more so, the cooperation’s content was so outlandish.

"The First Hall Master told me to convey, you better think carefully about what you should do."

Well, that’s a threat.

Han Yu still somewhat doubted whether they could indeed cause him trouble across worlds.

But after thinking for a bit, Jiu You laughed coldly first.

"It was supposed to be the lord telling you personally, but you died too fast, let me tell you, Celestial Dao Sect and we will both bring down the sacred artifact; and regarding who is more troublesome, I presume that you know."

The First Hall seemed not afraid of Han Yu’s non-cooperation.

Unless Han Yu was stupid.

And this blade, he was determined to wield, and willingly at that.

Yama Hall or Celestial Dao Sect, who is more troublesome, it’s naturally the latter.

If both sides want to bring down the sacred artifact, he absolutely most hopes Celestial Dao Sect fails.

Once Celestial Dao Sect succeeds, Yama Hall can forget about continuing fighting; if Yama Hall loses, then only Han Yu is left to face Celestial Dao Sect.

Rather than facing Celestial Dao Sect, actually Han Yu would rather see them suffer.

Han Yu responded with silence and planned to leave.

Jiu You, however, wasn’t relieved, suddenly calling out.

"Don’t say Yama Hall isn’t being considerate, we’ll provide you with some helpers."

For some reason, as soon as Jiu You spoke, Hun Bugui had an inkling and turned pale green...

...

"In the end, we’ve come to this point."

Outside the Endless Sea Domain, the old Taoist stood on the deck, inexplicably sighing.

Mu Zili beside him still hadn’t reacted, only knowing that in recent days the old Taoist was unusually frequent on the deck, staring towards the sea.

"Is something about to happen over there?"

Mu Zili thought thoughtfully the same way, softly speaking.

The old Taoist withdrew his gaze, his expression was complex; though he couldn’t precisely know what was happening overseas, he could sense a power twisting rules gradually descending there.

His word-following Dao itself was the power of rules; only those controlling the rules understand subtle changes in rules.

Now he indeed felt directly.

If not mistaken, the cause of this twisting was nothing but two possibilities.

The Celestial River is about to descend!

Or, He’s coming!

"Perhaps, He and the Celestial River are both about to descend."

The old Taoist stated a third possibility.

Mu Zili’s gaze suddenly tightened; he understood.

Precisely because he understood, once more looking overseas, his expression was already amazed.

"Remember, once He descends, immediately escape with your senior and junior disciples, no longer involve in Central Continent’s matters."

The old Taoist’s complexion tightened; the intuition bubbling inside was increasingly strong.

Seemingly responding to his inner premonition, the sky over Endless Sea Domain suddenly... darkened!

It was precisely high noon, yet the sky suddenly dimmed; as the two simultaneously looked up, surging clouds gathered, instantly lightning and thunder.

This situation naturally also drew the attention of the Central Continent, and soon, figures continually flew and landed on the deck.

Quan Xiaotong quickly strode forward and nodded politely to the old Daoist, hurriedly asking.

"Senior, what is this?"

"The Celestial Dao Sect’s Celestial River is coming down!"

The old Daoist’s face had already turned extremely grim.

...

At the same time, Han Yu suddenly looked towards the east, and an inexplicable dread arose in his heart.

"Did you feel it?"

Both Han Yu and the Artifact Spirit simultaneously spoke in the Sea of Consciousness.

It’s not an illusion!

Han Yu’s heart tightened suddenly; not only was he feeling this dread, it turned out the Artifact Spirit was too.

"The rules must be distorting."

The Artifact Spirit’s voice was urgent, this force inexplicably making it quite uneasy.

Han Yu was equally uneasy; though he did not know what was happening over there, it was definitely not something good.

"The two of you hurry up and keep up."

Impatiently urging behind him, it was only then that two sluggish silhouettes slowly caught up.

Hui Bugui’s face at this moment looked as though he had lost both parents; he just knew, he just knew!

When Jiu You spoke up, he knew for sure he’d be sent to his death.

He heard about the matter from Han Yu on the way here; the First Hall’s deal with him was to have him create chaos at the Celestial Dao Sect.

This kind of suicidal mission, Han Yu the madman loves, but he himself did not.

Yet Jiu You, that bastard, knowingly sent them to their deaths but still demanded they follow behind to assist.

Does Han Yu the madman even need anyone’s help?

When it comes to risking lives and causing disturbances, who the hell can compare to this guy?

Shi Xiu similarly had a sullen look, in name it was to help, but presumably just to be fodder for Han Yu, yet the key problem was Han Yu might not even consider this kind of fodder useful.

"Bastard!"

In an instant, both couldn’t help cursing Jiu You behind his back.

When they arrived at the Eastern Territory, Han Yu’s face had already darkened, as in the seas outside the Eastern Territory, thunderclouds had long gathered, with purple lightning continuously flashing.

Tribulation Thunder!

At this moment, not only he, but even the two behind him were already scared stiff.

Likely never having seen such a large-scale Tribulation Thunder.

What kind of scene triggered the Tribulation Thunder to act like this anyways?

Han Yu already had an answer, and so did the Artifact Spirit.

The Artifact Spirit even couldn’t help but leap out from the Sea of Consciousness, sitting atop Han Yu’s head peering ahead.

"This commotion is too great; when the Celestial River descends, the Endless Sea Domain may be destroyed."

The destruction of the Endless Sea Domain isn’t too concerning, but the Central Continent just moved everyone over there; this is going to be deadly.

Han Yu never imagined that the mere arrival of a sacred object would cause such a big sensation.

Speaking of which, it shouldn’t be a Heavenly Dao object, so why does the sky and land of the Central Continent reject it this much?

"It’s perhaps that even though it’s a Heavenly Dao object, it’s outside the control of the Heavenly Dao, hence Heaven and Earth don’t allow it!"

The Artifact Spirit could only explain it this way; wasn’t that how Ping’s predicament caused Han Yu’s never-ending bad luck?

Except this commotion was still overly exaggerated.

"I know a bit about this."

Hui Bugui feebly raised his hand, instantly drawing the attention of both Han Yu and the Artifact Spirit.

It’s hard to imagine Hui Bugui, a person at the bottom of the rung, would know something others don’t.

Hui Bugui’s face flushed somewhat, as though sensing disdain.

He indeed didn’t know much, but due to his lowly status, some dirty and tiring tasks fell to him, thus he happened to learn about it.

"I heard the First Hall Master say that Sin was created to isolate Heaven and Earth."

Back then, Yama Hall expended all efforts to lay out Sin across the entire land of the Central Continent, precisely to push the rejection of Heaven and Earth to the extreme.

Hence when the phantom shadow of the millstone first arrived, it didn’t have the grandiose scale like the Celestial Dao Sect.

Conversely, the Celestial Dao Sect did not have such arrangements, perhaps due to absolute confidence in themselves, or they didn’t take Tribulation Thunder seriously.

Han Yu furrowed his brows tightly, as if the other side indeed had the confidence to disdain Tribulation Thunder; previously, just some water from the Celestial River could cleanse all the Tribulation Thunder.

Above the sea, the sky grew increasingly dim, suddenly, the world darkened.

Using the boundary of the Eastern Territory as a line, it seemed like two worlds, one bright, one dark, the scene absurdly surreal.

...

This scene similarly stunned everyone in the Central Continent speechless.

Especially Quan Xiaotong, who looked somberly terrifying; they had just brought everyone here like this, yet the Tribulation Thunder overhead was unavoidable.

"Let’s return to the Central Continent!"

He immediately issued orders to a group of Sect Leaders, but was stopped by Mu Zili.

Mu Zili shook his head, "There’s no point, the Celestial Dao Sect’s Celestial River is about to descend."

"Since the Celestial Dao Sect has acted, the Yama Hall over in the Central Continent will probably also make a move."

This is truly a situation where there is no escape upwards nor downwards.

No matter where they want to retreat, there is no path available for them.

Upon hearing this, the faces of everyone in the Central Continent changed collectively.

"So, there’s no solution for us, we just have to watch it happen?"

Quan Xiaotong gritted his teeth and asked.

Mu Zili sighed, unwilling to say it, but the fact was just that.

Whatever the Celestial Dao Sect wanted to do, there was simply no way to stop it.

Yama Hall couldn’t stop it, let alone the Central Continent.

No wonder the old Daoist wanted him to take Chen Xixi and Su Xiaoxiao to escape.

But in this situation, it seems there’s nowhere to escape.